National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2325
Original release date:08/04/2008
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
QuickLook in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted Microsoft Office file, related to insufficient "bounds checking."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 30493
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: macosx-quicklook-code-execution(44135)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2268
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020607
External Source: BID
Name: 30483
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31326
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-07-31
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)